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To: TigerPaw who wrote (196600)	8/3/2004 4:54:01 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1578510

"This was not some personal photo album." I know that and you know that. But, assuming that post reflects the military's position, they are trying to make the case that it is a personal photo album. And these 7 were just a bunch of loose cannons. A pretty creative and imaginative bunch of loose cannons, but... General Karpinski seems to be of the opinion that she can prove that she was purposely kept out of the loop. I kinda suspect that it would take more than a Staff Sgt. to pull that one off, so there might be some more trouble for the "loose cannon" defense... This is the worst thing to have happened to the military since Vietnam. In some respects, it might even be worse. The long term reprecussions of this can be very severe. Unless, of course, they actually do manage to paper this over.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (196600)	8/3/2004 5:28:41 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578510

The photos were shown to the prisoners upon release. They were told that the photos would be shown to their families unless they agreed to cooperate. In many cases the families would have killed the released prisoners out of shame. This was not some personal photo album. There are thousands of pictures and video. This was offical policy. Seymour Hersch, the guy who broke the story, has a video depicting Americans bumfukking Iraqi boys......apparently, the boys are screaming loudly in duress. Strangely enough, he's waiting to release the video. ted